Cooking utensil.



PATENTED NOV. 3, 1903f C. D. AUGUR. COOKING UTENSIL. APPLICATION FILEDDBO. 23. 1902.

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Q3); In eases UNITED STATES Patented November 3, 1903.

CHARLES D. AUGUR, F ALBERT LEA, MINNESOTA.

COOKING UTENSIL.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 742,955, dated November3, 1903-.

Application filed December 23, 1902. Serial No. 136,390. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES D. AUGUR, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Albert Lea, in the county of Freeborn and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CookingUtensils; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the inven tion, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in cookingutensils, and especially in the provision of a metallic basket orreceptacle adapted to contain vegetables or other articles and providedfor the purpose of allowing the same to be placed in a kettle or otherreceptacle for boiling or steaming;

and it consists more particularly in a skeleton-frame basket made up ofstrips of metal and having the opposite vertical ribs of the basket madeof single pieces of metal which are bent upon themselves to form feet,whereby the bottom of the basket may be positioned a slight distanceabove the lower ends of the feet to bring the contents or articlescontained in the basket above the bottom of the kettle in which thebasket is adaptedto rest.

The invention consists, further, in various details of construction andin combinations and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinaftermore fully described and .then specifically defined in the appendedclaim.

My invention is clearly illustrated in the following drawing, in which Ihave shown a perspective view of my improved metallic cooking utensil.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawing by letter, AAdesignate a series of metallic strips, which may be of galvanized ironor other material which may be found to be best adapted for the purpose,and each strip is bent upon itself at A, and

the two portions thus bent upon themselves is secured at O to a band D,and the portions of each strip intermediate the portions which are bentupon themselves are horizontally disposed and superimposed one above theother and intersect each other at E, thus distributing equally theweight of any articles that may be placed in the receptacle upon thevarious strips. A band K surrounds the lower portion of the receptacleand is riveted or otherwise securely held to the portions of the stripswhich are bent upon themselves, thus holding the same securely in place,and to the upper band D is fastened a bail H.

From the foregoing it will be observed that by the provision of areceptacle made in accordance with my invention articles containedtherein may be held a slight distance above the bottom of the kettle inwhich the receptacle or basket is placed, preventing the contents of thebasket coming in contact with the bottom of a kettle, and the basket maybe readily placed in or removed from the kettle.

While I have described my invention as being made of strips of metal, ifpreferred wire, either twisted or plain, or any other material may beused if found to be well adapted for the purpose, and I may makedetailed changes, if desired, in the construction of the device withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

, Having thus fully described my invention,- what I claim as new, anddesire to secure'by Letters Patent, is-

A skeleton basket made up of a series of flat metallic strips, each ofwhich is bent upon itself at two locations, forming oppositely-disposedfeet, the strips intermediate said bent portions intersecting each otherand resting in contact with one another, a band surrounding the lowerportion of the basket, and a rivet passing through said band, andholding the portions which are bent upon themselves together, and a bandconnecting the upper ends of the strips forming'the rim of the basket,and a bail secured to said rim, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES D. AUGUR.

Witnesses:

J. A. AsTBY, A. O. ERIGKSON.

